Children and Fitness

It used to be childhood entertainment involved imagination and the outdoors. Now days it involves video games and your couch! So it is very important to find other ways to introduce exercise into your child’s life. The problem is, and lets call it more of a challenge, you need to keep your kids entertained and [...]

Let’s Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiative to help solve the problems of childhood obesity, celebrates its 2 year old birthday on February 9. To celebrate, the First Lady begins a three-day whirlwind travel schedule to continue to bring awareness to the program. Her travel schedule is available in the press release right below. A [...]

On the first day of February, “Support National Girls and Women in Sports Day” was celebrated. Did you hear about it? Despite the advances created from the enactment of Title IX 40 years ago, high school girls still receive 1.3M fewer opportunities for participation in sports than do boys. Knowing that piece of information shows [...]

Have you ever wanted to get involved in a fitness program (seems like a January kind of thing to do!) yet available child care has been non-existent?! Read what a Marietta, Georgia entrepreneur offers to solve that problem at her Marietta Boot Camp and Fitness center: What an awesome idea! We trust other entrepreneurial folks [...]

Everyone at some point in time has had a New Years resolution that involved getting into better shape and making fitness a part of their life. Well, have you ever thought about including your children’s fitness into these resolutions? If you haven’t then read this excellent story on how to get your children engaged in [...]